In Hinduism, Daksha (Sanskrit: दक्ष, IAST: Dakṣa, lit. "able, dexterous, or honest one") is one of the Prajapati, the agents of creation, as well as a divine king-rishi. His iconography depicts him as a man with a stocky body and a handsome face or the head of a goat. In the Rigveda, Daksha is an Aditya and is associated with priestly skills. In the epics and Puranic scriptures, he is a son of the creator god Brahma and the father of many children, who became the progenitors of various creatures. According to one legend, an egoistic Daksha conducted a yajna (fire sacrifice) and didn't invite his youngest daughter Sati and her husband Shiva. He was beheaded by Virabhadra for insulting Sati and Shiva but was later resurrected with the head of a goat. Many Puranas state that Daksha was reborn to Prachetas in another Manvantara (age). From Wikipedia
